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* '''Subverted''': Doctor Destruction's bomb seems to have slowed down, but when Doctor Destrcution comes back, he reveals that the bomb was a decoy.

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Doctor Destruction's bomb seems to have slowed down, but when Doctor Destrcution comes back, he reveals that the bomb was a decoy.decoy.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross-cutting The bomb scenes happened during the same time frame as the combat scenes, not in-between them]].

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cut to Bob and Doctor Destruction fighting for ten seconds, followed by 15 seconds passing on the bomb. Then cutting back to the fighting for another 20 seconds, and 15 more seconds pass on the bomb.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cut to Bob and Doctor Destruction fighting for ten seconds, followed by 15 seconds passing on the bomb. bomb's timer. Then cutting back to the fighting for another 20 seconds, and 15 more seconds pass on the bomb.timer. Then a third cut to the action for 15 seconds, and exactly 15 more seconds pass on the timer.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cut to Bob and Doctor Destruction fighting for ten seconds

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cut to Bob and Doctor Destruction fighting for ten seconds, followed by 15 seconds passing on the bomb. Then cutting back to the fighting for another 20 seconds, and 15 more seconds pass on the bomb.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes. Only ten seconds have passed on the timer.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes. Only ten seconds have passed on the timer.



* '''Justified''': Doctor Destruction's bomb was planted where time makes no sense.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Doctor Destruction's bomb was planted where time makes no sense.



* '''Parodied''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for six hours. When they return to the timer, only one second has passed.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob fights Doctor Destruction for six hours. When they return to the timer, only one second has passed.



* '''Averted''': The fight between Bob and Doctor Destruction takes place in real-time.

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The fight between Bob and Doctor Destruction takes place in real-time.



* '''Enforced''':

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* '''Enforced''':'''Enforced''': ???



Tick... Tick... Tick... Oh? You're not watching me? Guess I'll slow down for you [[MagicCountdown and direct you back to the main page.]]

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Tick... Tick... Tick... Oh? You're not watching me? Guess I'll slow down for you [[MagicCountdown and direct you back to the main page.]]]]
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for one minute. The bomb has [[OhCrap seven seconds]] left on it when they return.

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* '''Downplayed''': The bomb is set to go off in one minute. Bob fights Doctor Destruction for one minute. The minute, and the bomb has [[OhCrap seven seconds]] left on it when they return.
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* '''Invoked''': The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured was defused by Bob, so to outsmart him in the future, Doctor Destruction made the latest bomb count down faster than normal whenever Bob wasn't nearby.

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* '''Invoked''': The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured was ''this close'' to detonating before being defused by Bob, so to outsmart Bob. To outplay him in the future, future rematch, Doctor Destruction made the latest bomb count down faster than normal whenever Bob wasn't nearby.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Only for the RRAL bomb to be slower and have a longer timer.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Only for the RRAL REAL bomb to be slower and have a longer timer.
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* '''Invoked''': The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured counted down too fast and didn't detonate properly, so he made sure this one was slower, unfortunately to a fault.

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* '''Invoked''': The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured counted was defused by Bob, so to outsmart him in the future, Doctor Destruction made the latest bomb count down too fast and didn't detonate properly, so he made sure this one was slower, unfortunately to a fault.faster than normal whenever Bob wasn't nearby.
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* '''Invoked''': The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured counted down too fast and didn't detonate properly, so he made sure this one was slower, to an accidental fault.

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* '''Invoked''': The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured counted down too fast and didn't detonate properly, so he made sure this one was slower, unfortunately to an accidental a fault.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???The last bomb Doctor Destruction manufactured counted down too fast and didn't detonate properly, so he made sure this one was slower, to an accidental fault.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob fights Doctor Destruction for one minute. The bomb has [[OhCrap seven seconds]] left on it when they return.

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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Doctor Destruction's bomb seems to have slowed down, but when Doctor Destrcution comes back, he reveals that the bomb was a decoy.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Only for the RRAL bomb to be slower and have a longer timer.
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** Bob actually manages to disable the bomb with time to spare... but the timer [[ItWontTurnOff keeps ticking down to one anyway]] before shutting down gracefully.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes. The bomb only has gone down to

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes. The bomb only has gone down toOnly ten seconds have passed on the timer.
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Back Tick... Tick... Tick... Oh? You're not watching me? Guess I'll slow down for you [[MagicCountdown and direct you back to [Trope]the main page.]]

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* '''Straight''': Doctor Destruction sets a timer on a world-ending bomb to go off in one minute. Bob fights him in the other room for two minutes, and the bomb has ten seconds left on it when they return.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes, but the bomb has

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* '''Straight''': Doctor Destruction sets a [[TimeBomb timer on a world-ending bomb ]][[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt world-ending]] [[TimeBomb bomb]] to go off in one minute. Bob fights him in the other room for two minutes, and the bomb has ten thirty seconds left on it when they return.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes, but the minutes. The bomb only has gone down to
** Bob fights Doctor Destruction for only ten seconds. The
bomb has five seconds left on it when they return.



* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???The bomb stays inactive until it is off-screen.
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'''Basic Trope''': The flow of time on a time counter currently not onscreen works differently.
* '''Straight''': Doctor Destruction sets a timer on a world-ending bomb to go off in one minute. Bob fights him in the other room for two minutes, and the bomb has ten seconds left on it when they return.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for five minutes, but the bomb has
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Doctor Destruction's bomb was planted where time makes no sense.
** Doctor Destruction's bomb is defective.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Bob fights Doctor Destruction for six hours. When they return to the timer, only one second has passed.
** The bomb adds and removes seconds to the clock depending on who, where, and how something looks at it and even has a built-in spreadsheet that it uses as a reference.
** The bomb instantly explodes the moment Bob so much as glances at it.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cut to Bob and Doctor Destruction fighting for ten seconds
* '''Averted''': The fight between Bob and Doctor Destruction takes place in real-time.
** The bomb detonates manually.
** The bomb is always on-screen during the fight.
** The bomb is set for the exact amount of time needed for the fight.
** There is no bomb or other timer.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Huh. I could have sworn that I was fighting with him for longer... Maybe my watch is slow."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bob avoids looking at the bomb while fighting Doctor Destruction, stalling the bomb long enough to defuse it.
* '''Defied''': Doctor Destruction takes every precaution to make sure the bomb works properly.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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